14-year-old in custody for stabbing in Zeeland

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Aug 4, 2014 at 5:00 PM

By Jim.Hayden@hollandsentinel.com(616) 546-4274

A 14-year-old has been arrested and will be charged for a stabbing in Zeeland last week.The name of the teen being held for the incident has not been released.The victim, Anthony Schild, 17, was recovering from the knife wound at Spectrum Health Butterworth, said Zeeland Police Department Chief Bill Olney.The attack occurred about 6 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of the City on a Hill Ministries, 100 Pine St.Schild was stabbed in the chest, according to police. He was coherent and talking to police over the weekend.The suspect was arrested Sunday.The motive for the attack is not clear yet, Olney said.“We don’t have any indication it was gang-related,” he said.The attack came a day after a fatal stabbing in Holland Township.Victor Vison Donaldson, 16, of Holland, was charged with open murder for the death of Japaris Lamar Rodgers, 18. Donaldson will be charged as an adult and could face life in prison.A preliminary exam has not yet been scheduled, according to court records. A preliminary exam is a court hearing conducted to determine whether enough evidence exists to send a case to trial.Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to 136th Avenue and Riley Street about 11 p.m. Thursday for a stabbing. Police said Donaldson approached Rodgers with two other people, pulled open a folding knife and stabbed him several times.Rodgers was treated at the scene and taken to Holland Hospital where he died.Rodgers’ death is the third murder in the Holland area this year.Jose Hernandez was killed Jan. 5 outside his apartment in Park Township. Anthony Alfredo Delagarza, 19, of Holland, admitted to the murder and will testify against Maryann Leal Castorena, 40, of Park Township, in a trial scheduled for November. Police say Castorena wanted Hernandez dead to collect $1.5 million in life insurance.Steven Gordon was killed Feb. 20 in an apartment on East 20th Street in Holland. Jodie Christine McLean, 42, of Holland, will face trial for open murder and manslaughter at the end of September.— Follow Jim Hayden on Twitter@SentinelJim.